Tape-reel for sewing-machines.



J. HAYES, JR. & J. BERGER; JR. TAPE REELIOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. 1908.

1 1 24,735. Patented Jan. 12. 1915.

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animated I. HAYES, In. & J. BERGER, JR. TAPE REEL FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ]. 1908.

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.qmi htem J. RAI E JR. & J. BERGER, Jx. L TAPE REEL FOR SEWING MADHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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JUHN HAYES, 5a., nitnaosnrn BERGER, an, or ,AnsrnRnAi/r, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOBS T0 UNION SPECIAL MACHINE corccrauv, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS:

TAPE-REEL non snwmemacninns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed august 11, 1908. Serial No. 447,956.

and JOSEPH Banana, J12, citizens of the United States, residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tape-Reels for Sewing- Machines, of which the following is a deh plate'8, from which rises a rim or ledge 9.

scription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon;

' The invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines for stitching 310" ing'strips on garments, such as knit shirts,

although it is obvious from certain aspects that the invention maybe. used in connection with machines for feeding strips of any character.

An object of the invention is, to provide a carrier for the tape or strip which shall support said tape, so that it may be readily fed to the stitching mechanism.

A further object of the invention 'is to provide a support for the tape or strip,-

which shall operate to take up the end of thetape after ment. These and other objects will in part be ohthe same is severed from the garvious, and will in part be hereinafter more fully described. y

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention,Figure 1' is a front view of a sewing machine having the improved tape reel applied thereto, and showing the tape passing down to the stitching point; Fig. 2 is a similar view, showingt'he manner of taking up the end of the tape after the same has been severed from the garment; Fig. 3 is a top lan view oi the improved tape reel detachcd; Figf i is a bottom plan'view of the same; Fig. 5 isa side view of the same; and

ig. 6 is a detail, showing the slot in the -tape reel. Fig. 7 is a detail showing the presser foot and the feed dog cooperating therewith in side elevation.

The sewing machine to which the invention is shown applied, may be of any desired character. We have, however, illustratcd a sewing machineof the multiple needle type, which comprises a bed plate 1 having the usual work support, an overhanging arm 2, a needle lever 3, which reciprocates a needle bar t carrying a plurality of needles 5, 5. A presser bar 6, is

mounted in the head of the machine and These parts are of the usual construction,"

and-will not need further description in this connection.

The tape. reel comprises a supporting A pin 10 passes centrally through the supporting plate and serves as a means for centrally locating the' roll of tape, which Patented J an. 12, 1915.

rests upon the supporting plate 8. The supporting plate 8ris carried by a bracket arm 11, which is secured by means of screws 12,

12, to a standard 13, which as herein illus .trated, is mountedjn a vertical socket in the head of the machine. The pin 10 passes down into the bracket arm, and supports the plate 8, so that said plate may rotate upon the bracket arm 11. A spring 14 is secured at to the bracket arm 11, and is secured at its other end to a lug 16 carried by the underside of the supporting plate 8. Said sprlng normally holds the supporting plate 8, so that the lug 17 carried thereby is in A felted contact with thebracket arm 11. cushion 18 maybe used if desired, to absorb the shock when-"the lug 17 is brought into contact with the bracket arm 11. The

1 standard 13 is provided with a downwardly projecting arm 19, which is bent downward and thenceback upon itself at 20, to form a guiding channel for the tape. The rim 9 of the tape reel isslotted at 21, (see Fig. 6).

A post 22 (see Fig. 3) is mounted inside of the tape reel, and the'tape as it.passes from the roll, passes in front of the post 22, and thence through. the slot 21. As a means for causing a tension upon the tape asit passes from the tape reel, we have provided a spring arm 23, which is secured to the rim or ledge f the tape reel at one end.

and carries a short rod 24 at its other end, which bears upon the tape between the post 22- and the slot 21. The tape, after passing from the slot 21 in the tape reel passes through the guide in the outer endof the arm 19, and thence down in front of the machine iihderneath the presser foot. The presser fact may beprovided \vith, adjustable guides 25 and 26, which will operate to properly guide the tape to .the stitching 1 mechanism. A lug 27 may be provided on the under side of the supporting plate .8, 119

, sion, and the 'lug'l7 has from the bracket arm} The'spring 14 will hold the tape runningfromthe reel-' tension of the spring,

shown in Fig. Q'L'by takes the end the tape, reel to to the feed-(if tlie iinach-ine under a predetermined tension, dependin upon the and this serves to \maintain an even tension on the tape, and thus regulate or control The feed of the' machine; will draw from the reel the necessary amount 0 tape. When the operateshas finished the garment, the tape. is severed close to the stitching point, and the end of the tape when released, is drawn contact with the "bracket arm 11. This of the tape up out of the way of the operaton'and prevents the same from becoming soiled or in anyway interfering with the operator in properly threading and adjusting the stitching mechanism.

Having thus described our invention,

- what we claim as newand desire to secure stitching mechanism,

by Letters Patent, is

1. The combinationwith astitch forming mechanism, of means forsupporting a tape whereby the same may be fed to the and means for automati'cally taking up the loose end of the tape after the same hasjbeen' severed.

2. The combination witlr stitch forming mechanism, of a tape reelfor supporting a roll of tape, whereby the same may be fed to the stitching mechanism, means for placing a tension on the on the tape will cause a limited movement of the tape reel, mea'ns for limiting the movement of the tape reel, and .means for rotating the tape reel to take up the end of 1 the tape after the same has been severedvand released.

3. The combination with: stitch forming tape reel. In the tape as it member, a bracket on which said supporting member is mounted, means opposite the standard 13, so that the.

he arm 19,

for placing a 4 the slack in the ed rotation, a spring tape between the tape reel and feed of the machine.

hold the reel in this position-and gradually when pulled up to the positionthe spring 14 rotating the tape reel, so as""to bring the lug 17 into 7 port, said suppo tape, whereby a pull mechanism, 01 means for supporting a roll of tape, including a rotatabie supporting I for limiting the rotation of said support on said bracket, said supporthaving means for supporting a roll of tape, devices carried by said support tension on the tape, whereby the tape will rotate said "support, and a spring operating to rotate the :support in the opposite direction, whe eby when said tape is-"severed and released the end ofthe tape will'be taken up. I

. 4. The" combination with stitch. forming mechanism, of a tape reel including a supa pull on port, a' bracket on which said support is rotatably mounted, spaced stops carried/by said support and cooperating with ;;said bracket, whereby said su1iporthasflimitfor holding said sup ort with one of said stops in engagement with the bracket, means for supporting a roll of tape on said support, and means carried by said support for placingisufficient the tension of the spring until the other stop engages the bracket. 4 5. The combination with stitch forming mechanism, of a tape reel-for supporting a roll of tape, including a horizontally rotating support, a bracket carrying said suprt having an upwardly proledge formed with a slot jecting rim or a pm centhrough which the tape passes,

- trally of the support for holding the roll of by the support for plactape, means carried ing a tension on said tape as it passes through said slot, spaced stops carried by said support and cooperating with said bracket for limiting the rotation of said support, a spring for normally holding one, of said stops in engagement with the bracket, said spring being so disposed that a pull on the tape will rotate the support against the tension of the spring until the other stop engages the. bracket, a guiding arm carried by the bracket for guiding the tape from the reel to the stitch forming mechanism.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

. i JOHN HAY S, JR.

JOSEPH BE GER, JR.

Witnesses:

'JAMEs F. KELLY, LLOYD H. Harms.

tension on said tapeso as to cause said tape to rotate the support against 

